Improvement in cutting- pliers



To all w'liiom Iit mdg'/ concern i of my invention.

titte e WILLIAM TRULAND, oF WATERFORD, NEW YQRK.

Letters Patent No; 90,136, lated-May 18, 1869.

`nvrprupvia:v rrnwr 1N CUTTING Pumas.

The Schedule referred to`in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

"Wateriord, in the county ot' Saratoga, and State of NewYork, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shears; `and'I do herebydeclare that the `following,r is a i'nll, clear, and exact descriptionmthereoi', reference being had to theaccompanying draw- `ings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, i which form a partof thisspecification, in which the Hiignre in the annexed drawing,r representsa plan view h f y The natureof my invention consists inthe construch tinof pliers with a cutting-edge cast solid with each ot' the jaws of ysaidpliers, in the manner hereinafter i `set forth. A ff C A represents thehandles of my pliers, which are of' l a circnlar form at the point (l,with a pivot passing `through the cent-roof the said circle, and alsothrough the circular plates D,which are intended to give adi ditionai'strength tothe joint of the pliers.

y An open/ space, S, is left between the hand-les A and jaws B, so as toallow the handles to open the jaws as far as reqnired.

e e designate the cutting-devices, each of which 1s cast solid with itsrespective jaw. Y i,

The devices ele are madejiush-with the 4jews B alt their outer side.,and ascend to the middle of jaws B, :it which point. they descendvertically and form an ecute angle or cntting-edge. y

By the 'side of each cutter e, a depression is made in the jaw toreceive the cutter on the opposite jaw.

It will be seen that my invention answers a two` fold purpose,performing the oiice both of shears and pliers. A

Having;r thus described my invention,

`What I claim, and desire to secure by `Letters Patent, is-' I As a newarticle of manufacture, the Within-described pliers, constructed .withcuttingedgesftt the rear ends of the jaws, and furnished with plates DD, snbstantially as set forth. y s

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I `ai'ix mysignature, in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: WM. L. TRULAN D.

o vSAMUEL LANDSBOROUGH, T. S. TBULAND.

